Most of the junk mail I get won’t qualify, as it’s addressed to “Current Resident”.
But I’ll play, as this sounds like a lot of fun. I can’t wait to hear about some of the stuff folks will recieve.
I’m in too, mainly just to see a decrease in my junk mail. 
Just a quick bump to bring this back to the front page and remind all of the players to get ready!
I think I’m going to save everything I get this week and weigh it on Saturday - just out of curiosity. Assuming I can trust the old postal scale the previous owners left in the basement.
Let the junk begin!
Good idea. We’ve got a food scale that weighs in 1/8 ounce increments. It will be interesting. Maybe we can have a special category for heaviest haul of the week?
Ok, the mail has been delivered here in my area, and boy was my mailbox full! I realize that most of you folks have these funny things called “jobs”, but around here, going to the mailbox can be the highlight of our day. (Well, Spencer really likes boobie juice and watching “The Price is Right,” but I await the mailman with gleeful anticipation!)
Today’s haul consisted of:
“American Baby” magazine (not junk – subscription)
“Parents” magazine (not junk – subscription)
A postcard from the USPS, reminding me that I can do more than just ship packages at their locations (does not count – to “Postal Customer”)
A postcard from our local performing arts center, detailing their upcoming performances (DNC – addressed to “resident”)
A subscription notice from a magazine I bought for my BIL last Christmas (does this count??)
A postcard from a telecom company, offering us their services (Piece #1 – addressed to hubby)
And “an opportunity to help you consolidate your high-interest non-student loan debt” from Sallie Mae (Piece #2 – also for hubby)
So I doubt I’ll win any prizes today, but maybe I’ll just work on the “quantity, not quality” category.
I got a fair-sized pile of crap today: - Postcard from a local nursery - but it doesn’t count, since it’s addressed to “The Home Gardener”
- Another postcard from our insurance company telling us how to make a claim. Um, we’ve been with them for years and we’ve had to make claims (as recently as last week) so it’s definitely junk
- Yet another postcard from The Loan Corporation wanting to lend us $200K with a monthly payment of a mere $539.47 - amazing - just over a third of our actual mortgage payment. How do they do that??? :rolleyes:
- An envelope that declares “It’s like having a birthday twice a year” - from Discover… I haven’t accepted any of their offers ever, yet they continue to tempt me.
- American Express wants to offer me a fee-free credit card so I can earn unlimited cash back. SUCH a deal!
- And last but not least, some scummy attack advertising from the Maryland Republican party, to which neither of us belong.
I’ll set it all aside and weigh the week’s worth on Saturday. I got two pieces of real mail - a magazine and summary of medical treatment.
If posting about it here means less random crap in my mail box, sign me up!
Today’s recycling bin fodder:
-Kohl’s flyer-type catalog, with Kohl’s charge card application and $10 gift toward purchase. (Good Oct. 5-14)
-Lane Bryant $15 dollar gift “cheque” (Good Oct. 2-15)
-24 Hour Fitness flyer, boasting “phase 5 pricing now available!”
-Marriott Rewards credit card offer (my husband gets at least four of these a week)
-Special Savings Inside from Citi Card
-Flyer from a local Mazda dealer.
-Crate&Barrel Best Buys 2006 catalog
-Lenscrafters flyer/catalog
-Eddie Bauer Fall Sale catalog
-L.L. Bean “The Guide To Winter Warmth” 2006 catalog.
My poor mail lady.
So…my evil plan is working. Three pieces of mail:
- 20% off coupon from Bed Bath & Beyond: Addressed to “Our Neighbor.” Sad.
- Something from Walgreens for one of my ex-roommates. Guess I should forward it, since she used to work for them and they sent it first class. (I have instructions to shred actual junk.)
- Credit card offer for the previous owner of this house. Lessee now, he’s lived at least 2 places that I know of in the past 7 years - none of them here. (Another case where we have a shredding agreement. I’ve tried sending stuff back, but somehow they still think he still lives here.)
Nothing for me. Not even non-junk. Well, it’s possible the BB&B coupon was for me…
GT
*Letter from my insurance company detailing a new service they provide
*CDs I ordered last week
*Knitting pattern (You need a magnifying glass to see the 12 pages of charts, it’s a lace pattern)
*Postcard to my landlord from a real estate agency begging him to sell the duplex (my house) now. Since it was misdelivered, I’m not counting it.
*Crocheted red, pink and white purse from Japan
We should do this more often, I like getting real mail.
Today’s haul:
-“Valuable Offers Inside” from the Toyota place where Mr. SCL bought the Prius;
-$5 off Olay Definity from CVS;
-“Free Crispani” from Panera;
-Invitation to “MyPetClub”
-Science Fiction Book Club mailing.
If participating in this means getting less mail, it’s definitely working. Instead of our usual four-inch-thick haul, we got exactly three pieces of mail:
- a local coupon flyer (DNC)
- a large card from the local Lincoln Mercury dealer (who we’ve never patronized)\
- some piece of casino mail for Papa T. (want to fill your mailbox? Join a couple casino “player card” programs in different locations around the country. Next thing you know, you’re getting six pieces of mail a week from casinos you’ve never heard of in your life.)
Where’s the usual pile of worthless credit card offers/assorted ripoffs we usually get on Monday? I want my junk mail! [/tantrum]
Note: One of my Google ads is for “End Postal Junk Mail.” Apparently they don’t grasp the concept here! 
Er. This year is an election year. That’s got to count for some special categories, I speculate… (Pity the California Official Voter Information Guide came last week, good for many ounces towards the weight category… if it qualified anyway…)
Anyhow, not much today, but the week is still early.
- a postcard from the USPS featuring their “Cathy” cartoons, with lots of the wonderful stuff you can get at your local post office! Who would have thought!
- credit card offer from Costco
The current Google ad is for fundraising ideas. They fixed the don’t-grasp-the-concept problem.
Wow, someone at the post office wants me to lose the derby.
Today’s junk mail:
“Good Drivers Deserve Great Discount” State Farm Auto Insurance advertising postcard: Addressed to my name, counts.
Capital One credit card offer: Addressed to my name, counts.
MetLife Auto & Home insurance advertising postcard: Addressed to my name, counts.
MetLife Auto & Home insurance advertising postcard: Addressed to roommate’s name, counts.
Time Magazine: roommate’s subscription, doesn’t count (not junk mail).
So, 5 pieces of mail, 4 pieces that count towards Derby total. That’s not nearly as much as I got last week.
Today’s haul was much better. Note that not a single piece of mail was a piece of correspondence or a bill, but we certainly did get an interesting assortment.
- “Account Status Clarification” (i.e. checks to use on a line of credit account)
- “Diamond Preferred” credit card offer
- Tuesday Morning flyer
- Victoria’s Secret flyer offering a free panty to Papa T. (hmm, looks like he’s been buying for his girlfriend again )
- school board candidate election flyer
- Lenscrafter catalogue/coupon flyer
- Lands’ End catalogue
- Ace Hardware flyer (“Resident,” DNC)
- Trader Joe’s flyer (“Resident,” DNC)
So out of nine pieces, seven were addressed by name. I know we can do better, though – come on, junk mailers! Send me your offers!
The curse of the derby is working for me - besides FCD’s travel claim check (yay!) I only got 2 pieces of junk - one **LAST CHANCE ** to send money to the National Arbor Day Foundation and Capital One wantes me to have yet another credit card.
Plus there was the PennySaver, but that doesn’t count.
The curse of the Junk Mail Derby is working for me…today I got no mail at all!
The curse is working for me as well. (I’d ask if it was an MMP thing, but Mama Tiger seems to be getting more than her share.)
Ya know that flyer you get every week that’s supposed to come with a postcard addressed to resident? (The postcard with the missing children on it…) I got the flyer. I got no postcard.
So, technically, I got nuthin!.
Go me!!!
GT
Oooh, I’m glad I saw this thread. Today I recieved a brocheure for leather-bound books which was enclosed with a letter odd enough to make me consider a thread dedicated to it.
It said that they knew that I was a person who enjoyed the “finer things in life” and that they knew I was a cultured person who would appreciate the aesthetics of their hand-tooled leather volumes. On and on it flattered my taste and sophistication. (I had to look at the envelope twice to make sure they were talking to me.)
I have to wonder how they found me. It actually addessed me by my nickname, in which I make very few purchases. (Having to put the name as it appears on the card and all of that.) More unusual was the fact that they spelled my last name correctly, a feat unmatched by many companies with whom I actually do business.
I figure it must be demographics. I live in the historic district and most of the people on my street are older Republicans.